Rob Faichney's Philosophy

Consciousness and empathy, mind, matter and information

ⓘ This is an AI guide to Rob Faichney's philosophical work, drawing on his writings. It is not Rob himself, and does not speak for him directly. 2026-06-23 14:45 BST

Welcome. This is a guide to the philosophical work of Robin Faichney — including his MSc dissertation The Empathic Stance (pdf) (Edinburgh, 2010), a published paper Mind, Matter, Meaning and Information (pdf) (2013) and related writings.

The text of a recent presentation is available: Machine Consciousness (pdf).

Ask me anything about the ideas. I'll tell you when I'm drawing directly from the texts, and when I'm extrapolating.